Content capture and distribution system

1. A content distribution system comprising: a capture management module implemented at least partially in hardware to: receive a request from a client device to control operation of a plurality of content capture systems that are distributed across a plurality of geographic locations, the request indicating user-selected times and frequencies to be used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture radio frequency signals; and responsive to the request, remotely control the plurality of remote content capture systems to: capture, based on the user-selected times and frequencies, broadcasts of radio frequency signals having content; and transmit the content to a distribution management module according to an Internet protocol (IP) format by the plurality of content capture systems as converted from the radio frequency signals; and the distribution management module implemented at least partially in hardware to: receive first and second transmissions of the content from first and second content capture systems, respectively, of the plurality of content capture systems, the first and second transmissions including a plurality of chunks of matching content captured from a single broadcast source; automatically select a particular copy of a chunk of the matching content from one of the first transmission or the second transmission based on a redundancy comparison between different copies of the chunk to repair an error in the matching content and provide repaired content, the comparison indicating that the particular copy of the chunk has less data corruption than another copy of the chunk from another of the first transmission or the second transmission; and stream the repaired content, including the automatically-selected particular copy of the chunk of the matching content that has less data corruption than the other copy of the chunk, the repaired content streamed via a network streaming protocol to the client device via a network.

2. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the content is television or radio content that is broadcast over the air using the radio frequency signals.

3. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the capture management module is configured to remotely control the capture of the broadcasts by the plurality of content systems by controlling when or what frequency is used to perform the capture by the plurality of content capture systems.

4. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the first content capture system is located at a different geographic location than the second content capture system to capture different said content.

5. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the distribution management module is configured to switch between the first and second transmissions of the content in response to a failure to receive either one of the first or second transmissions.

6. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the transmission of the content by the content capture systems employs a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).

7. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the network streaming protocol employs a manifest and a plurality of segments of the content as specified by the manifest.

8. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the request includes a user selection of at least one of a plurality of different items of said content that is captured by respective content capture systems of the plurality of content capture systems for streaming to and rendering by the client device.

9. The content distribution system as described in claim 1 , wherein the distribution management module is configured to expose a user interface for output by the one or more client devices to enable user selection of the times and frequencies to be used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals for streaming to and rendering by the one or more client devices.

10. A content distribution system comprising: a capture management module implemented at least partially in hardware to: receive a request from one or more client devices to control operation of a plurality of content capture systems that are distributed across a plurality of geographic locations to capture radio frequency signals having content, the request indicating user-selected times and frequencies to be used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals; and responsive to the request, remotely control the plurality of remote content capture systems to: capture, based on the user-selected times and frequencies, broadcasts of the radio frequency signals having the content; and transmit the content to a distribution management module according to an Internet protocol (IP) format by the plurality of content capture systems as converted from the radio frequency signals, the transmission of the content including a first transmission of first content from a first content capture system of the plurality of content capture systems and a second transmission of second content from a second content capture system of the plurality of content capture systems, the first content and the second content having matching content captured from a same broadcast source; and the distribution management module implemented at least partially in hardware to: determine that a first copy of a chunk of the matching content from the first content is healthier than a second copy of the chunk of the matching content from the second content based on a redundancy comparison between the first and second copies of the chunk that indicates that the first copy has less data corruption than the second copy; select the first copy of the chunk of the matching content from the first content for streaming via a network streaming protocol to the one or more client devices based on the determination that the first copy of the chunk is healthier than the second copy of the chunk; and stream at least the selected first copy of the chunk of the matching content from the first content to respective client devices of the one or more client devices via a network using the network streaming protocol.

11. The content capture system as described in claim 10 , wherein the distribution management module is configured to form the content into a plurality of segments and generate a manifest that describes the plurality of segments.

12. The content capture system as described in claim 10 , wherein the distribution management module is configured to store the content in storage for subsequent streaming via the network to the one or more client devices.

13. The content capture system as described in claim 10 , wherein the distribution management module is configured to expose a user interface for output by the one or more client devices to enable user selection of the times and frequencies to be used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals.

14. A method comprising: receiving, by a content distribution system and from a client device, an input for controlling operation of a plurality of remote content capture systems that are distributed across a plurality of geographic locations; controlling, by the content distribution system, the plurality of remote content capture systems to capture radio frequency signals that carry content, the controlling including: determining frequencies used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals; and determining times for the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals; managing, by the content distribution system, transmission of the content according to a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) for receipt by the content distribution system via a network, the transmission of the content including first and second transmissions of the content by first and second content capture systems, respectively, of the plurality of remote content capture systems, the first and second transmissions including a plurality of chunks of matching content from a single broadcast source; configuring the content by the content distribution system for streaming via a network streaming protocol, the configuring including repairing an error in the matching content using the first and second transmissions of the content by automatically selecting a particular copy of a chunk of the matching content from one of the first or second transmissions based on a redundancy comparison between different copies of the chunk that indicates that the particular copy of the chunk of the matching content from the one of the first or second transmissions has less data corruption than another copy of the chunk of the matching content from another of the first or second transmissions; and streaming the configured content, including the selected particular copy of the chunk, by the content distribution system via the network using the network streaming protocol for receipt and rendering by at least one client device.

15. The method as described in claim 14 , wherein the content is television or radio content that is broadcast over the air using the radio frequency signals.

16. The method as described in claim 14 , wherein the network streaming protocol employs a manifest and the content is configured as a plurality of segments as specified by the manifest.

17. The method as described in claim 14 , wherein the configuring includes switching between the first and second transmissions of the content in response to a failure to receive either one of the first or second transmissions.

18. The method as described in claim 14 , further comprising exposing, by the content distribution system, a user interface for output by the client device to enable user selection of the frequencies and the times to be used by the plurality of content capture systems to capture the radio frequency signals.

19. The method as described in claim 14 , wherein the content includes timestamps assigned to respective portions of the content.

20. The method as described in claim 19 , wherein the transmission of the content is a full bitrate version of the content as converted by the content capture system from the radio frequency signals.